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# RE: Where'd MOO come from?

- Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 14:34:45 PST
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    If the guy's name is Steven White (a.k.a. ghond) then yes, he actually
    *did* write the first version of MOO.  Pavel's version is called
    "LambdaMOO" in part to distinguish it from this earlier "MOO"

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    >From: 	cooey@server.uwindsor.ca[SMTP:cooey@server.uwindsor.ca]
    >Sent: 	Sunday, November 03, 1996 1:39 PM
    >To: 	moo-cows@parc.xerox.com
    >Subject: 	Where'd MOO come from?
    >
    >I was recently corresponding with a someone, and somehow we got started
    >on the topic of MOO's.  The conversation evolved into this:
    >
    >> > I was under the impression that the MOO server was built by Pavel Curtis
    >>
    >> yeah, that's what everyone thinks.  kind of a pet peeve of mine.  in 2nd
    >>year
    >> i designed the language (before i learned C++, which explains some of the
    >> weird syntax.. kind of a mishmash of C, Ada and SmallTalk), coded up the
    >>beta
    >> version, and put it out on the net.  pavel grabbed it and extended it.
    >> if you look at the source, though, you'll see my name.
    >>
    >
    >Now if this guy was just some yahoo then I wouldn't give it a second
    >thought, but he's the kind of guy who just might have done something like
    >this.
    >Anyone care to shed any illumination on this?
    >
    >Tosh
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